Improvement in journal-boxes



W. H. ROBINSON JOURNAL-BOX. No.174;,305. Patented Feb.29,18'76.

WITNESSES ENT R N,P"TERS, PHOTOJJTFDGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. Q

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. ROBINSON, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN JOURNAL-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,305, dated February 29, 187 6; application filed- Jannary 22, 1876.

.To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, WM. H. ROBINSON, of Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and val uable Improvement in Journal-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings are representations of plan views of my journal-box, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view thereof. I I

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a journalbox for steam-engines and other machinery, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawing, A represents the pedestal to contain the journal-box. The inner sides of this pedestal are made slightly flaring at the upper half, as shown at a, while the lower half of the sides are perpendicular. B is the lower box, made like the ordinary half-box for the journal 0 to rest in. The upper box, however, is divided or made in two parts, D D, of the same length as the lower box, and their outer sides are made to fit accurately the inclined or flaring sides a of the pedestal, which causes the said boxes D D to incline to the center as they are pressed by the cap, E, thereby always insuring a close fit. The cap E is fastened by bolts 1) and nuts d,,.as shown, or by any other suitable means. The upper boxes D D are made hollow to form oil-receivers, and wicks h h conduct the oil from them to the journal. The oil is admitted into said receivers through the usual oil-hole i in the center of the cap E, from which pas: sages a: abranch oft', one to each side, to communicate withan inlet to each receiver.

Various means have been resorted to in heavy engines to keepthe bearings tight or form oil-receivers and rovided with wicks.

h, in combination with the cap E and its passages, as shown and described.

2. The combination of the pedestal A having inclined sides a a, the lower half-box B, journal 0, bisected upper box D D, forming oil-receivers, and having wicks h, and the cap E with oil passages M2, all constructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM H. ROBINSON.

Witnesses MATTHIAS MENGEL,- WM. '1. ZELL. 

